Vending-machine cabinet.



No. 874,237. PATENTED DEG. 17,1907.

H. s. POND.

VENDING MACHINE CABINET. APPLICATION FILED PEBJB, 1907.

2 sums-sum 1i nmnksv. PATENTEDDEG. 17, 190.7.

Y H; S. BOND.

VENDING MACHINE CABINET. APPLICATION nun ms. 1a, 1907.

' -With these and other ends in No. 874,357. Y

provements in Vending-Machine Cabinets, oi tvhichthefollo v ng is a specification.

This nvention relates particularly to the cabinet for the vending machine forming the subject matter of my application, No. 357,795, filed Feb. 18, 1.907.

" The-objectiof the invention is to provide a fire proof and weather proof cabinet or simie but strong and substantial construction,

light in weight andinexpensive to manufacture, compact inform and arrangement and convenient to handle.

view, the in vvention consists .of the novel construction and arrangement ofparts illustrated in the accompanying draw ngs in I which:

F gure 1 1s a front view of the machine.

Zis a front view of the interior of the machin e, the hinged front or cover beingtwang to openi'position, as shown in Fig. 3.

-' (Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of position. i I

tains the goods to bevended and the delivery Fig. 2. i

Fig. isa transverse sectional view on the line 4-f l f Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view ofthe ejector slide.

The cabinet consists of a front or cover part 11 and a back part 12, these parts being hinged together at their lower ends by pins or rivets 13. and the back part being constructed to telescope n'ithin the front part when thei'ront part is swung up into closed The back part of the cabinet con- ,mechanism while the front part constitutes a cover for closing the cabinet and. protecting the back part and ts contents troin rough weather. The cabinet is made, preferably,

of rectangular form and a portion 14 of the bottom 14 of the front part of the cabinet iscut away or foldedback, as shown in Fig. 45

3," to permit said-front part to swing down into horizontal open osition. Openings l5 in the front part of ,t e cabinet are covered by a glass'fl6 which is inclosed in the frame 17 (Figd).

The back part oilthe cabinet i proviified v withtwo storage compartments 1 and two delivery compartments 19, 19, theseeom partmen'ts beingformed by partitions 20, 20

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slot .28. 28-1t comes to rest on the arm and at the 1 fiat ntea nea" m scon which are fastened to the back. The compartments 18 have bottoms-18 which may removably arranged in a frame 22 located.

beneath the delivery compartments 19, 19'- and this frame supports the ejector slide 23 which is arranged to reciprocate back and forth on said frame from side to side of the cabinet. The ejector slide has a central opening 23 and is provided on its upper side edges of said olpening and on its lower-side with a locking ug 25 and a rack 26 (Fi s. 3,

with parallel. ejectors 24 located at the side 5). The ejector slide'also has a hand e- 27 which projects through a' slot 27 in the frame 22 and a corresponding slot 27 in the front part of the cabinet (Figs. 1, 2). The block 28 is suppqorted on the frame 22zand is provided wit a slot 28 to receive the coin 29 which is supported in the slot on an arm 30 normally arranged immediately below the slot and carried by a lever 31 pivoted area on the block 28 and enlarged at 31 to provide suiiicient weight for swinging the lever to vertical position after it is released hereafter described.

The upper end 33 of the lever 31 arranged to engage the teeth of the rack 26 on the under side of the ejector slide. The locking trigger 34 (Fig. 3) is pivoted at 35in the slot 28 of the block 28. This trigger is Weighted, to normally swing its upper end 34' backward in the path of the locking lug 25 on the under side of the ejector slide. While the trigger thus locking the ejector-slide (in the position shown in broken lines inFig. 3) its lower end 34 is s'wungforward in the When the coin 29 fallsin the slot same time cn a es the end 30 of the tri er and swings the end 34 out of the pathofthe' locking lug and releases the ejector slide.

may he, and car y the supporting arm 30 V from beneath the coin, thereby allowing the coin to fall into the receptacle M before the cabinet into the slot 28' operation of delivering the box of matchesis completed. At the same tlme' the trigger swings back into position to engage the looking lug 25. The front part of the cabinet is rovided with a-coin opening 39 which is coated o posite the upper end of a coin slot ill-formed betweenthe partitions which separate the compartments 19, 19. This. slot is preferably rovided at its lower end with a .contracte' chute which discharges and a plurality of suitably arran ed obstructions 42 are preferably supported in the slot 40 and cause the coin to travel'in a zig zag direction in said slot to prevent the introduction of Wire or strings for the purpose of cheating the machine. At the lower corners of the front part of the.

are openings 43 to permit the goods to be removed from the machine after the delivery operation is complete. 7

The operative mechanism of the machine is claimed in my companion application before mentioned and for this reason need not be describedin greater detail'than has al' ready'been done herein. It is sufiicient to say" that the machine delivers alternately from the two compartments 19, 19 and that the movement of ment can'be reversed.

The machine is preferably made of metal I throughout, the cabinet and'fiame being metal castings,

net constitutes a cover incloses the top,

made of sheet-metal and the other parts of preferably. This not only provides a strongand substantial cabinet proof against fire-and rough weather, but one as a cover but also holds the stacks of matches upright and in orderand likewise locks the coin receptacle in place. can be made compact in size and arrangement with comparatively no Waste space because all of the space between the artitions can be filled with boxes; I have s own the partitions separated somewhat more than is Thus the cabinet necessary to indicate that the machinefean be made to accommodate boxesof different sizes, put ordinarily the machine will becon structed and the partitions arranged to fit the boxes to be vended with sufficient clearance for freedom of movement. be also stored on edge alongside of the-stack the ejector slide must be completed in one direction before itsmove- 30,

the frontnot only serves Boxes can of boxes in the storage compartments 18;

This is especially important in vending inexpensive articles such as boxesv of matches where a machine of large capacity but comparatively small size is desirable to avoid constant refilling and to occupy as little .room as possible. By hinging the front or cover part at the bottom so that it will swing forward and downward access can be readily had to the interior. of the cabinet for replen ishing the supply of. boxes therein, for removing, the coins or for adjusting orrepairing the mechanism, and this can allbe done without liability of knockingdown or disarranging any boxes that remain in the cabi: net. The handle 27 is curved so that it will not interfere with swinging the front or cover art to open or closed position. v It will also he observed that only one lock is required for the entire' machine. and thisis the lock which looks the two parts of the cabinet together, being located conveniently at the top of the machine.

Thepartitions .20 slightly above the coin slot 40 to provide an air space 40 which being communicated from one compartment to the other in event of ment but when the cabinet is closed'a box-of matches, if ignited accidentally, will simply would prevent heat from a fire in one cpm'partsmolder without igniting adacent boxes ordmarily owing to the fact t at the parts of the cabinet fit very closely to etherand not sufficient air to be supplied. What I claim and desire to'secure by. Lea ters Patent is:

promote com ustion would) 1. -A'vending machine cabinet comprising a back part, a front or cover part hinged to the bac part and constructed'to telesco e thereon, a frame cent-rally disposed within the back art at the bottomthereof to sup port the eliverymechanism, two delivery compartments arranged above said. frame and open at the bottom, a storage compartment the delivery compartments therein, said storetween each side'of the back part. and

age compartments being above the plane of,'

movement ofvv the delivery mechanism and closed at the bottom, and said front or cover part having delivery openings at its lower corners opposite thev spaces below the storage compartments and between the sides of the back part and said frame. v

2. A vending machine cabinet comprising a back art, a front orcover part hinged to the bac part and constructed to telesco e thereon, a frame centrally disposed within the ba'ckpart at the bottom thereof to support the delivery mechanism, two delivery compartments arranged above said frame and open. at the bottom, a storage compartment et ween each side of the back part and the delivery compartments therein, said storing two delivery openings at its lower corners age compartments being; above the lane-0f opposite the spaces below the stora e e0m-' 10 movement of the delivery mechanism and partments and between the sides of tire back 'above'the lowerrends 0f the delivery'eompartpart and said frame. ments, said frame and said front or cover HARRY SAYLES POND.

part having registering elongated horizontal Witnesses:

slots t9. receive the handle of the delivery WM. 0. BELT,

mechanism and said front or eoyer part hav- M. A, KIDDIE. 

